Hello,
I am posting this on behalf of a friend. She was offered a 3 month contract by a leading bank based out of Edinburgh. She was represented by her agent to a leading services company who in-turn represented her to the bank(the end client).
About 2 weeks back agent confirmed verbally that she has been selected and that she should remove her profile from job sites and must not apply anywhere else. She got her contract document day before yesterday with a start date next week and organised train tickets, accommodation and return flight ticket for her partner.
Today her agent came back saying that the project is expected to get delayed by a month, around end of June.
Now she's having to cancel travel, accommodation etc which is a big cost to bear. Leave out the disappointment of having landed a role after a search of 3 months and being exited to start work. Now the only option seems to wait for another month for them to come back on a start date and of course keep looking for other opportunities.
I was wondering if this was common ? especially after signing a contract document with a start date mentioned. What options does one have in such a situation like this ?
Is it possible to sue them considering that they are doing this after signing a contract ? Although, this is a long shot, just wondering what really are our rights ?
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